Hello!

leelily - Yes that's me.. In the best angle I could find ... About the push ups, keep on doing one each time,, I'm sure you soon get to two.
Jessybessy - Congrats! Must be a great feeling .. I wish that I one day can borrow all my sisters jeans, hopefully that day will come this winter
Moonring - Keep on moving, you're doing great!
All you others - Eat and doand you'll see results!

Personally I did 60 min of workout today. First 10 minutes of crunches, managed to do 250.. Then I jumped rope for 50 minutes!!! I had maybe a total of 10 minutes breaks in between. But anyway, 50 minutes jumping in total is a personal record for me , have done 45 before. And I wasn't even dying, could do more.. Just didn't want to go to hard, If so I couldn't walk tomorrow..
My weigh was still at 137 this morning, hoping for a better result tomorrow.
Have a nice evening!

Hey everyone! Well I did a good workout today with a substitute trainer--he is a Crossfit trainer so even though I didn't really know what that means, I did it! It is more intense--there are several different workouts but whatever you do, you keep pushing through and try to finish as quickly (but correctly) as possible.

For today, the main set consisted of 4 reps of rowing (500 meters, then 400, 300, and 200) alternating with squat/thrusters with 15lbs. dumbbell each arm, then a 20 second plank. No stopping, which is hard for me. Besides the warm-up, whole thing was only thirty minutes or so. Normally I work out for an hour, but I definitely have little breaks, walk to the water fountain, or just stand for a minute or two, but to keep going continuously is hard!

I am glad I did this for a change, but even though I was exhausted at the end--later it didn't feel like I did enough, even though my muscles were stiffening up big time! I walked to the small store a few blocks away, and that was it--on the couch the rest of the afternoon until DH came home.

I have been decluttering and organizing my house on my days off, but nothing today! Just fixed dinner. I was hoping to do my C25K after dinner but it's 7:30 here and still not feeling it yet.....

CW: 199.8
GW: 195

jessybessy: I can't wait until I can fit into my size 11 jeans again! Way to go!

Eny: I think momma is right--he's jealous/worried about the "new" you he sees emerging and thinks maybe he looks bad in comparison. Hopefully he can accomplish a small victory in some area of his life soon, and with your support, start to feel better about everything.

theresia: I want to try the 100 pushup challenge--just haven't found the time yet. I can do 40 girly ones and barely squeak out 10 regular ones. I will start that challenge soon.....

faux: WOW! you are doing AWESOME! I've been thinking about getting some new sneaks--now I'm going to get some this week-end! Mine are getting pretty beat up.

Leelily: Congrats on your ticker--I can hardly wait until I can get one.

Moon, Wonder--Welcome! Keep posting! (I need to do more as well!)

theresia - I still want your stomach...LOL

modcat - You'll get that ticker in no time!!

Fauxtini - I'm so glad that you have stuck around!!!

Eny - How are things going? You know I find when my hubby and I spend too much time together we stay at it! LOL! You know absense makes the heart grow fonder! Maybe he needs to miss you a little???


Oh ladies I'm in such a rut! I haven't done hardly anything and August is already half over! I'm not going to meet my goals at all!!! Right now I'm struggling with the conveinance (SP?) of eating out and not having to cook or clean! We have eat out too much in the past 2 weeks! And I can't seem to keep the house clean...and I can't seem to get off my butt and exercise! AND I swear....it seems like if I try to eat right and exercise lately i gain weight???? But if I don't exercise and I eat junk all day and fast food I don't gain or lose??? I know it is fixing to start catching up with me soon! I just really need to get with it again! But more than that I need to see a few pounds lost to get me motivated again!

Good morning!
I'm finally back to 135 again after almost a week at 138,, (stupid TOM)
It's raining here today, so my plans on cleaning the yard are gone..
Today I'm planning to do TaeBo and some push ups and crunches.
Have a nice day everyone!

I did three hours of exercising yesterday. (I record lots of work out shows on my DVR.) And I went walking for a bit. That brings me to 10 more hours of exercise.

I'm down some more today.. yah!! I took a break yesterday and just did the 1 mile walk away the pounds dvd during oprah. I think the rest and huge amounts of water were a good help
Im finally in the 270s!! I havn't seen that once since my journey began! Im sooo happy about it!

I just wish other aspects of my life were going better. It seems that everytime i turn around there's some complication in my visa application to be able to marry my fiance in the US. Im canadian for gosh sakes! Why is it so hard to get to the us with my DF!!?? Anyway.. im practising patience and deep breaths today to calm me down! hehe It's 'kind of' working.lol

Jessy: CONGRATS on fitting into your fave jeans again! It's a goooood feeling

Eny: Way to go, pushing through the pain.. just remember if your hips are rally hurting.. take it easy for a day.. let your body rest. I let me muscles/joints rest yesterday and just focused on water... and i was down almost 2 pounds this morning!

Melissa: I already sent you little msg on the c25k thread but DONT GIVE UP ON YOURSELF! Easy yourself back into it.. you can do it. I know that once i slip up once it's sooo hard to get back into it.. catch yourself before its hard again! And hey.. once your back into the hardcore groove os it all i bet you will melt off like 2-3 pounds right away.. that's what always happens to me after I stray a bit. That should be good motivation! Im thinking of you and hope you are out exercising

You know what momma - I was thinking the SAME THING! I'm thinking maybe DD and I will go spend a weekend at my sister's or something... and have a girls weekend... I'm not sure yet though - depends on her plans. I think it'll be good for us though. One of the big problems is I'm a VERY physical love person and he's not. He doesn't like to initiate anything - and I am left feeling unwanted. Now with my increased confidence - I think he's getting more afraid - because I no longer hide behind my fat as an excuse... we're working on it though. He knows that it's a HUGE problem for me - and he is making little efforts to change. And I'm doing better of not pushing him.... *sigh* You'd think with a communication degree I'd be better at communicating with the ones that I love the most!!!

faux - WTG on the #270'S! That's AWESOME! I ACTUALLY BROKE THE #186's and was #185.6 this morning! #170's HERE I COME!!! I'm upping the water BIG time! and eating better things for me. I know that it's not just how many calories, but where they're coming from too! I did do the 30 day shred last night, but I did the modified moves on the ones that strain my hips... and I did a 15 min stretch video before hand that helped a TON!

Thanks for the encouraging words guys...that just makes me want to work harder

Faux-I totally can relate to your struggle with the marriage papers. My husband and I got married in Germany and we're both Americans but we had to have all kinds of paperwork and it took FOREVER!! But keep doing the deep breathing...look at it as one of those struggles that makes you appreciate each other more!!! That's what hubby and I did!!

Mod-CONGRATS!!! Finally out of the 200 zone!!! I'm so proud of you! Keep up those workouts cuz they're workin for ya!

Eny-It's always harder to communicate with those closest to you because you don't want to offend them if you speak truthfully or push them away...with strangers it really doesn't matter either way because they are little to no importance to you. At least that's what I think...I could be wrong though! Anyways, I hope it all works out for you and speaking as a person who doesn't like to "initiate" things either...it's not you, it's him. I am not a person who likes to cuddle but my husband is and he always thinks he's the reason but it's just how some people are ya know? I agree with momma...he needs to miss you.

Way to go to everyone, at first I couldn't believe that an online community would help keep me motivated but you guys do and I owe a lot of my hard work to your encouraging weight loss and kind words!

Jess - that's because we're all in this together! And we realize how hard this struggle can be. People on the outside (even ones that are overweight) don't seem to get it. Here you don't have to hide anything... I am completely open on here - i LOVE the encouragement - the kind words, and the motivation. In the "real world" it's like it's taboo to talk about losing weight etc. At least in my version of the real world.

So COMPLETELY off the subject... i'm wondering what you guys think... MY DBF Joe (whom I do love and adore - despite the issues we're having) wants to get a tattoo of my DD's name. He loves her and treats her as his own - and he is her "daddy" (her choice to call him that). But for some reasaon - no matter how much love is between them, or how much they are Father & Daughter - it weirds me out! am i over reacting?

Hi girls! I worked myself pretty hard today I have been doing the c25 jogg program and last week I started to up my incline to level 1 and boy do I feel a difference. Today I completed w5d3 and I feel refreshed.


I am fighting hard to get into the low 220's grrrrrrrr......LOL

Eny, I don't think you're being weird at all. You just never know what will happen, and where life will take the two of you. My ex had my name tattooed on his arm, and though we were together for 10 years, we ended up drifting apart and separated earlier this year. He got the tat covered, and now it just looks bad (mutual friend showed me picks).

I don't think that's the only reason not to get a name tat, but it's certainly one that should be considered.

hey everyone....
I had a bad couple of days this week. I didn't work out wed or thurs. I kind of feel guilty but at the same time i felt kind of burnt out. I'm going tonight, but I dont even feel like pushing myself as hard as i usually do. I have been so tired lately (maybe its TOM). I feel as if i have no energy. My diet has even been off this week. I haven't gained so I guess thats a plus. I just hope that my energy levels go up next week. I have to work outside my normal hours (9-530) to working 6 am-430pm. I know i am going to be tired and I dont know how Im going to handle my workouts at night....Maybe ill actually work out at work. We have a gym here that no one uses, okay maybe one or two people do. I have also been thinking about adding swimming into my workout. The membership is a little expensive for my budget but i think it will be worth it.

Well he did it - Joe now has Hunter's name down his calf. It's still weird to me.. but I guess I'll just have to get used to it huh? At least it looks really nice the font he choice is cool... (looking for the silver lining!)

I'm gearing up to do day 9 of 30 DS... I hate doing it when Joe has friends over though, because I'm upstairs and they hang out in the basement... I'm always afraid they're going to think my fat butt is going to come through the floor during the Jumping Jacks!! Plus I'm REALLY tired from shopping w/ Hunter for about 3 hours tonight!!! Oh well - i have to suck it up, push through it - and give it my all!!!!!

Eny: Well, he broke the cardinal rule of never tattooing a name on yourself unless you gave birth to that person, or it is your mom, or that person is dead. SO he will just have to live with it, if anything happens to you guys in the future, lol.

At least, your daughter has a neat name, Hunter, which could mean anything. Could be the name for a pet, or a descriptive personality adjective, or whatever. The fact that tats are just so personal to the person involved means that you really couldn't do anything about it anyway--it's his choice of self-expression, and it makes him happy, so....